A Light In The Attic

by Shel Silverstein

Overview

Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with the Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on a Camel.

From the creator of the classic Where the Sidewalk Ends, here is a wondrous new collection of poems and drawings.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2009
Label:	SBME SPECIAL MKTS.
UPC:	0886973528020
Rank:	3924

Tracks

1. A Light in the Attic
2. Bear in There
3. Rock N' Roll Band
4. Eight Balloons
5. The Sitter
6. Quick Trip
7. How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes
8. Squishy Touch
9. Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony
10. Homework Machine
11. Crowded Tub
12. Almost Perfect
13. Prehistoric
14. Examination
15. Kidnapped
16. The Dragon of Grindly Grun
17. Ladies First
18. Picture Puzzle Piece
19. Signals
20. The Little Boy and the Old Man
21. Clarence
22. Hula Eel
23. Nobody
24. Peckin'
25. God's Wheel
26. Zebra Question
27. Tryin' on Clothes
28. Anteater
29. Fancy Dive
30. Whatif
31. Backward Bill
32. Friendship
33. Captain Blackbeard Did What?
34. Monsters I've Met
35. Ations
36. Hitting
37. The Toad and the Kangaroo
38. Twistable, Turnable Man
39. Outside or Underneath?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shel Silverstein   Primary Artist,Guitar
Richie Vetter   Synthesizer
Dodie Pettit   Synthesizer

Technical Credits

Shel Silverstein   Composer,Poetry
Joe Arlotta   Engineer
John Bradley   Engineer
Ron Haffkine   Concept,Editing,Producer,Direction
Denny Purcell   Mastering
Danny Mandhenk   Editing
Danny Mundhenk   Editing
Bobby Heller   Coordination,Production Coordination
Kim Llewellyn   Design

Editorial Reviews

It's hard to imagine a world without A Light in the Attic. This now-classic collection of poetry and drawings from Shel Silverstein celebrates its 20th anniversary with this special edition. With a CD of poems performed by the legendary poet, this is a true fan's delight. "A Light in the Attic," "Twistable, Turnable Man," and "Backward Bill" are among the songs featured. Silverstein's humorous and creative verse can amuse the dowdiest of readers. Lemon-faced adults and fidgety kids sit still and read these rhythmic words and laugh and smile and love that Silverstein. Need proof of his genius?

Rockabye

Rockabye baby, in the treetop
Don't you know a treetop
Is no safe place to rock?
And who put you up there,
And your cradle, too?
Baby, I think someone down here's
Got it in for you.

Shel, you never sounded so good.

bn.com

Most of us grew up listening to our teachers or our parents reading to us from Shel Silverstein's poetry collections A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, or The Giving Tree and loved every humorous moment of them. The only thing better than listening was to hear them and look at the illustrations Silverstein provided for each poem. In this 20th anniversary edition of A Light in the Attic, a new generation of readers is provided the additional joy of listening to Silverstein read—with great enthusiasm—eleven of his personal favorites from the collection. A CD compilation produced by Sony Music in 2001 allows us to listen to such classics as "Rock and Roll Band," "Homework Machine," and "Backward Bill." From the woes of homework to the practicalities of the best way to get out of doing the dishes; from the joy of imagining oneself in a rock and roll band to the amazing abilities of the Twistable, Turnable Man; young and "young-at-heart" readers alike will find themselves laughing at or nodding with the charming characters found in Silverstein's poetry. This collection has been and continues to be a "must-use" book for teachers working with students of any age to encourage or reinforce a love of poetry. 2001 (orig. 1981), HarperCollins, $22.95 and $17.89. Ages All. Reviewer: Jean Boreen

Children's Literature